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I've always liked the Alexander piano; an 18 foot long piano. https://www.alexanderpiano.nz/page/the-alexander-piano https://www.alexanderpiano.nz/page/the-ale
by aidenn0 3y ago
I've always liked the Alexander piano; an 18 foot long piano.
https://www.alexanderpiano.nz/page/the-alexander-piano https://www.alexanderpiano.nz/page/the-alexander-piano
- pclmulqdq 3y agoI'm partial to the Bosendorfer Imperial for booming bass sounds (and, in theory, you can actually but one), but the Alexander piano is a very cool experiment.
- fortran77 3y agoI have a Bösendorfer in my living room and I can assure you it doesn't "boom" at least when I play it. It's more of a rich, full sound, more on the mellow side.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoMost Bösendorfers play like nice, tame European pianos. The average American Steinway "booms" more. However, the extra low notes on their oversized concert grand do boom quite well. I have only been able to play one, though.
- dheera 3y agoI've played a couple of Bosendorfers including an Imperial and the best I can describe it is that the lower end of the standard 88 keys produce very clean, solid bass sound and don't "fart". It's less about "booming" and more about just a very clean bass sound. The extra keys below the 88 do go into bass-fart territory, though. (For those who don't know, Bosendorfer Imperials have 97 keys, the extra ones all going deeper into the low range).
- amai 3y agoAgree, Bösendorfer rulez! https://youtu.be/9Hv98onkXKs https://youtu.be/9Hv98onkXKs
- SparkyMcUnicorn 3y agoThat was a fun read.
- dheera 3y agoNice read but why are all the recordings of music that doesn't bring out bass ... someone needs to play some Rach on this thing.
- duskwuff 3y agoThe first Hyperion Knight recording is a decent demo -- it isn't just Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; he segues into Bach's Fugue in G.
- wwweston 3y agoThis has at least two virtues that the Ravenchord appears not to have: 1) Mann actually built the piano! No mere rendering, this guy got his hands dirty, did trial and error and reverse engineering and built something real. 2) The project wasn't merely aesthetic, it was in pursuit of seeing how a different build could affect the sound of the instrument
- jacquesm 3y agoI wonder how he did those absolutely massive castings, those would be a serious challenge even for someone that is already experienced due to the forces acting on them and the risk of warp / cavities.